Hmm, it’s a shame a few Democrat balls couldn’t have dropped before they started throwing around half-promises to drop the public option.
Seriously, as pleased as I am that Barney Frank confronted this silly woman, I can’t help thinking that it should not be considered a big deal for a Democrat to show a bit of conviction and stand up to someone calling Obama a Nazi. The real and shocking news should be that people are calling Obama a Nazi. Yet elected Democrats have so roundly failed to react properly to the slurs being cast on their leader that it is starting to be considered as a perfectly acceptable part of the cut and thrust of political debate.
So the real question is, why are the rest of them so intent on responding to every cynical, false challenge to healthcare reform by looking like children trying to explain to their parents why drawing on the fridge in permanent marker is so vital to their plans for becoming a pirate captain? Yes, there are different sides to every argument. The point at which you are trying to push through a vital, historical and highly controversial piece of legislation is not the time to acknowledge them. Michael Tomasky of The Guardian makes a similar point here.
Yet it is you clowns who compared george bush to a Nazi and called for him to assiniated. go figure. Yet again you clowns missed the point. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2077365/james_madison_is_right.html
I think so many people are calling Obama a Nazi because of his push for more totalitarian rule. Just as many people felt that the Bush wiretapping was doing the same thing. The distraction is the false outrage at the label based on race issues, instead of explaining that either totalitarianism is positive, or not the direction of the policy push.